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<p class="tightin1">A single action in detail.<br><i>About the action rulebooks&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=inform:/doc188.html><img border=0 src=inform:/help.png></a></i></p>
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<b>Standard actions which change the state of things</b><br>Locking it with&nbsp;<a href=16_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, Unlocking it with&nbsp;<a href=17_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, <b>Switching on</b>&nbsp;<a href=18_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, Switching off&nbsp;<a href=19_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, Opening&nbsp;<a href=20_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, Closing&nbsp;<a href=21_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, Wearing&nbsp;<a href=22_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a>, Taking off&nbsp;<a href=23_A.html><img border=0 src=inform:/Beneath.png></a><p><hr><p><b>Switching on <font color="#000080">something</font> </b><a name=SwitchOn></a> (<i>past tense</i> switched on)<br>
<p>The switching on and switching
off actions are for the simplest kind of machinery operation: they are for
objects representing machines (or more likely parts of machines), which are
considered to be either off or on at any given time.<br><br>The actions are intended to be used where the noun is a device, but in fact
they could work just as well with any kind which can be 'switched on' or
'switched off'.<p><hr><p><b>Typed commands leading to this action</b><p>
<p class="hangingin2">&quot;turn [something] on&quot;</p><p class="hangingin2">&quot;turn on [something]&quot;</p><p class="hangingin2">&quot;switch [something]&quot;</p><p class="hangingin2">&quot;switch on [something]&quot;</p><p class="hangingin2">&quot;switch [something] on&quot;</p><p><b>Rules controlling this action</b><p>
<p class="hangingin2">check&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>an actor switching on</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#800000">can't switch on unless switchable rule</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<script language="JavaScript">
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<p class="hangingin2">check&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>an actor switching on</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#800000">can't switch on what's already on rule</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<script language="JavaScript">
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<br><p class="hangingin2">carry out&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>an actor switching on</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#800000">standard switching on rule</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<script language="JavaScript">
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<br><p class="hangingin2">report&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>an actor switching on</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#800000">standard report switching on rule</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<script language="JavaScript">
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